German realism

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German realism was a 19th-century literary movement in Germany that focused on detailed, objective depictions of everyday life and society, often highlighting social issues and the inner lives of ordinary people.

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Label Occurrences
German realism canonical 7
German Realism 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf literary movement ⓘ
realism ⓘ
aim critical reflection on social conditions ⓘ
truthful portrayal of contemporary society ⓘ
country Germany ⓘ
distinguishedFrom naturalism ⓘ
romantic idealization ⓘ
emphasis character development ⓘ
plausible plots ⓘ
social observation ⓘ
endTime late 19th century ⓘ
genre realist literature ⓘ
historicalContext industrialization in Germany ⓘ
rise of the bourgeoisie ⓘ
unification of Germany ⓘ
influenced 20th-century German literature ⓘ
influencedBy 1848 revolutions ⓘ
European realism ⓘ
social changes of industrialization ⓘ
languageUse clear prose ⓘ
everyday speech ⓘ
literaryStyle detailed description ⓘ
narrative objectivity ⓘ
psychological depth ⓘ
mainFocus depiction of everyday life ⓘ
inner lives of ordinary people ⓘ
objective representation of reality ⓘ
social issues ⓘ
movementIn German literature ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narrator ⓘ
narrativeTechnique limited authorial intrusion ⓘ
notableForm novel ⓘ
novella ⓘ
short story ⓘ
opposedTo romanticism ⓘ
relatedMovement poetic realism ⓘ
startTime circa 1848 ⓘ
timePeriod 19th century ⓘ
typicalSetting bourgeois society ⓘ
provincial life ⓘ
small towns ⓘ
typicalTheme class differences ⓘ
conflict between individual and society ⓘ
marriage and family life ⓘ
moral dilemmas ⓘ
social mobility ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Young Germany → influenced → German realism ⓘ
Christian Buddenbrook → literaryPeriod → German realism ⓘ
Eilif Peterssen → influencedBy → German Realism ⓘ
linked to: German realism
Antonia Mann → literaryMovement → German realism ⓘ
Man of Straw → literaryMovement → German realism ⓘ
Leipzig School → influencedBy → German realism ⓘ
Ida Boy-Ed → movement → German realism ⓘ
subject linked to: Boy-Ed